underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne
WHEN I TALK ABOUT intermingling several plants to serve as a mixed groundcover, perhaps under trees and shrubs, I often [read more…]
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week 13: a season of container-gardening improvs
SOMETIMES this gardening stuff all goes just slightly off, and you’re dancing, but you can’t catch the beat. I’ve felt [read more…]
native plant gardening on a grand scale: ‘saving tarboo creek,’ with scott freeman
SINCE I HAVE LIVED full-time in a rural place the last decade, my reading list tends increasingly toward tales of [read more…]
how effective are nativars? with doug tallamy
I’M A GARDENER, someone who loves showy plants in artful arrangements. But in recent years, I’ve been looking less with [read more…]
developing a signature garden style, even in a small space, with designer susan morrison
I DON’T HAVE a small yard, but I nevertheless sat down with a new book called “The Less Is More [read more…]
remembering 2 great plantswomen: ruth bancroft and elizabeth farnsworth
LAST FALL, a month apart, the earth lost two of it great plantswomen. They were from opposite coasts, and one—Californian [read more…]
dreaded norway maples, good groundcovers (including sedges): shade-garden q&a with ken druse
TO MARK A YEAR of monthly Q&A podcasts together, Ken Druse and I themed our latest conversation to a topic [read more…]
what’s really native where you garden? with elizabeth farnsworth
AT A WILDFLOWER TALK I attended last spring, a lot of the audience questions after the expert finished her slides [read more…]
bird gardening: powerhouse fruiting plants, with andy brand
IT’S A CLOSE CALL for me and my friend Andy Brand: Do we like plants best, or birds (or butterflies [read more…]
‘plants are the mulch’ and other nature-based design wisdoms, with claudia west
WHICH OF US doesn’t want to look out at a more resilient, manageable, and sustainable landscape–one that really works environmentally [read more…]
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